Parts of Hwy. 610 and Interstate 94 in Maple Grove were closed late Friday and expected to remain closed until early Saturday because of a vehicle crash and fire, authorities said.

The eastbound lanes of 610 and the ramp onto I-94 eastbound are closed while first responders worked at the scene of the crash, which was reported just after 9:30 p.m. The Minnesota Department of Transportation said the road “between the start of Hwy. 610 and US 169” will be closed until 2 a.m. Saturday.

According to scanner traffic, a vehicle hit an overpass in the area. It then caught fire. While there were no confirmed reports of deaths or injuries late Friday, scanner traffic indicated that at least one person was trapped in the vehicle.

A man riding a moped in Northeast Minneapolis died Friday after he was struck by an SUV and thrown from the vehicle a day earlier. On Thursday, May 11 at 10:22 p.m., Minneapolis police responded to a personal injury accident at the intersection of Central Avenue Northeast and Lowry Avenue Northeast.

An adult male driving a moped was traveling northbound on Central Avenue Northeast, entering the intersection on a green light crossing Lowry Avenue Northeast when a SUV that was traveling southbound on Central Avenue Northeast made a left turn to go eastbound on Lowry Avenue Northeast in front of the moped.

Police say the moped stuck the rear passenger door of the SUV. The moped driver was thrown from the moped, according to a news release.

Officers provided medical care to the moped driver until paramedics arrived. He was transported to Hennepin County Medical Center where he died from his injuries Friday.

The name of the deceased, along with the cause and nature of his death will be released by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office. Police say the driver of the SUV stopped immediately and is cooperating with traffic investigators.

It happened on Highway 610 just before 10 p.m. Friday night. The Minnesota State Patrol says 17-year-old Matthew Jasicki lost control of his car just before the bridge at Maple Grove Parkway and he crashed into the embankment.

Jasicki’s friends were stopping by the site of the crash shortly after they found out about the news Saturday morning. They created a memorial with flowers and crosses.

Jasicki was from Brooklyn Park and his friends say he was a junior at Totino-Grace High School who loved baseball. They said his death is particularly cruel as he loved cars and even talked about a potential career in that field someday.

“His room full of car posters and everything,” friend Trevor Leaf said. “He just loved talking about cars, that was his thing.”

Friends and strangers have been flooding social media with comments and prayers for the teen.

On Instagram, one user wrote: “I’ll miss you forever Matthew. Rest in Peace my best friend.” And, “I swear this can’t be real.”

According to the crash report, Jasicki was driving at a high speed before the accident. He was the only person in the vehicle.

The Jasicki family issued a statement Saturday night.

“Our family is in shock over this tragic loss. Matthew was a strong, smart, outgoing young man. He excelled in sports and loved camping, four wheeling, and just being outdoors with his family. He had a very bright future ahead of him. His spark and passion was put out far too soon . We do not know all of the circumstances around this horrible accident. Matthew did struggle with the burden of depression. We want to encourage anyone facing this disease, or if you know someone who is, to please seek help. Do not suffer in silence. We have a lot facing us in the days, months, and even years to come. We ask that you please respect our privacy, allow our family, and friends to heal and process this sudden, and tragic loss, of a wonderful young man taken from us too soon.”

A Richfield mother and daughter injured in a Friday night head-on collision that killed a Bloomington mother and daughter remained at Hennepin County Medical Center on Monday, the hospital confirmed.

A 2011 Chevrolet Malibu was headed the wrong direction in the westbound lanes of Interstate 494 around 8:25 p.m. Friday when it collided with a 1998 Jeep Cherokee on the Minnesota 5 ramp to I-494, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

The Jeep’s driver, Dawn M. Chiodo, 51, and passenger Dylan M. Bailey, 24, both of Bloomington, died in the collision. Three other passengers — Jennifer Nord, 50, of Richfield, Olivia Nord, 18, of Richfield, and 2-year-old Payton Bailey of Bloomington — were seriously injured.

KSTP-TV reported that Chiodo was the mother of Dylan Bailey, and that Bailey was the mother of Payton Bailey. Also, Jennifer Nord is the mother of Olivia Nord, KSTP reported.

The driver of the Malibu, 34-year-old Patrick J. Hayes of Savage, was injured but not seriously, the State Patrol said.

As of Sunday evening, Jennifer Nord was responsive and breathing on her own, according to a CaringBridge.org post. She needs surgery to correct a fractured pelvis. Olivia Nord is in a coma with head trauma and is being closely monitored.

Both are at HCMC in Minneapolis.

Olivia Nord spent the last three months in Parris Island, S.C., attending Marine Corps boot camp, according to CaringBridge. She graduated Friday, and Jennifer Nord was in South Carolina attending the graduation.

The mother and daughter had flown back to Minnesota on Friday evening. Close family friends picked them up at the airport, according to CaringBridge.

Two Mounds View High School students were killed and one was hospitalized after their car was struck Thursday morning on their way to school.

The three juniors, all girls, normally drove to school together, Principal Jeff Ridlehoover said at an afternoon media briefing. A friend of the girls had received a text in the morning saying that they were getting ready and on their way to school, he added.

“All three were highly engaged and wonderful young people,” said Ridlehoover, who was visibly shaken. “Two of them are already missed. We have great concern for the one student who is in the hospital.”

The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office received a call about a crash with injuries at 7:02 a.m. Thursday at the intersection of Hwy. 96 and Old Hwy. 10 in Arden Hills.

The vehicle carrying the students was traveling west on Hwy. 96 and about to turn left on Old Hwy. 10 when the collision occurred. The driver of the other vehicle was traveling east on Hwy. 96.

Two of the students died at the scene, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

Two drivers were injured Saturday night on Interstate 35E in St. Paul when one rear-ended the other’s vehicle and struck a median wall before careening across all lanes, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

Alcohol was believed to be a factor in the crash, the State Patrol said.

The State Patrol described Hannah Breamer’s injuries as life-threatening. By Sunday morning the 25-year-old from Eagan was listed in good condition at Regions Hospital.

The 56-year-old woman driving the other vehicle, Bobbye Mcbain, was treated at Regions and released.

The crash happened Saturday at 8:36 p.m. as both drivers headed south on I-35E, south of Wheelock Parkway. Breamer was driving a Saturn Vue “above the posted speed limit” when she struck Mcbain’s Chrysler Town & Country, “forcing the Chrysler into the right ditch and causing it to roll,” the State Patrol said.

After the Saturn struck the median and went across the lanes, it wound up in the right ditch and hit the sound barrier, according to the State Patrol.

Breamer was not wearing a seat belt and alcohol was detected in her system, the patrol said. Mcbain, of North St. Paul, was belted in and no alcohol was detected, according to the agency.

Early Sunday, a crash in Minneapolis left a 24-year-old-driver critically injured, according to the State Patrol and Hennepin County Medical Center.

Zachary G. Adams, of Minneapolis, was westbound on Interstate 94 in the exit lane to Hennepin Avenue when he “crossed through the grass median to stay on 94 and rolled vehicle” at 1:44 a.m., according to the State Patrol. The State Patrol said alcohol was detected in Adams’ system and he was not wearing a seatbelt.

A Minneapolis couple and their three young children were killed in a collision in Nebraska on their way to a final round of training before moving to Japan to work as Christian missionaries.

Jamison and Kathryne Pals, both 29, died along with their children when a semitrailer truck rear-ended their minivan just before noon Sunday on Interstate 80 in a construction zone near Brule. Three-year-old Ezra, 23-month-old Violet and 2-month-old Calvin died at the scene with their parents.

The force of the impact pushed the family’s van into three other westbound vehicles. Both the van and the truck burst into flames.

The truck driver, Tony A. Weekly, 53, of Baker, Fla., was treated at the Sedgewick County Hospital in Julesburg, Colo., and released. He was then taken to the Keith County jail in Ogallala, Neb., and booked on five felony counts of vehicular homicide.

The couple — who met at the University of Northwestern-St. Paul, an evangelical Christian college in Roseville — in recent months had sold most of their belongings in preparation for the move, which was expected to happen in late October.

“They were just going to travel with one big backpack for each of them,” said Kathy Pals, Jamison’s mother, who lives in Hugo with his father, Rick.

The young family had been planning the move for a couple of years and made multiple treks to Littleton, Colo., for training with WorldVenture, a Christian mission agency. They tracked their preparations on a blog called joyofjapan.org, where they wrote expansively about their faith and family.

The couple blogged about how they had met and had dated on and off, became best friends and decided to marry. A point of hesitation in the relationship was Kathryne’s uncertainty about the missionary work that so strongly called to Jamison for almost a decade.

Kathryne, the fifth of Gordon and Nancy Engel’s six children, graduated from West Lutheran High School in Plymouth. Pals, the third of four sons, graduated in 2005 from Centennial High School in Circle Pines.

In shock on Monday, both sides of the family said their faith held them. “When we grieve, we know that we have hope to see them again,” Nancy Engel said.

Kathy Pals said she’d been told that Weekly had been distracted before the crash, which occurred in a construction zone. She was saddened to hear that he had been charged, saying that it would be hard enough for him to live with he’d done.